Armenia has stated at the least 49 of its troopers have been killed as clashes broke out with Azerbaijan.
The escalation of hostilities between the south Caucasus nations has fuelled fears a fully-fledged warfare may get away between the previous Soviet nations.
Armenia stated a number of cities close to the border with Azerbaijan had been shelled within the early hours of Tuesday morning.
It stated it had responded to a “large-scale provocation” by Azerbaijan.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of attacking Armenian cities as a result of it didn’t need to negotiate over the standing of Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave inside Azerbaijan which is principally populated by ethnic Armenians.
“The intensity of hostilities has decreased but attacks on one or two fronts from Azerbaijan continue,” Mr Pashinyan stated in a speech to parliament, in keeping with Russian media.
He stated it got here after latest European Union-backed talks in Brussels with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, which revealed what he stated was Azerbaijan’s uncompromising stand.
Meanwhile Azerbaijan stated it was attacked by Armenia.
It stated Armenian forces had been engaged in intelligence exercise on its border, moved weapons into the world and had planted mines.
Russia, which has round 2,000 troopers deployed within the area as a part of a earlier peace deal, moved rapidly to dealer a ceasefire.
It follows a decades-old rift between the neighbouring nations.
Armenia is a land-locked nation on the jap border of Turkey which borders Azerbaijan to the west, whereas Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea on its east facet.
Conflict first started within the 1980’s when each nations had been a part of the Soviet Union.
Armenian forces captured territory close to Nagorno-Karabkah, which Azerbaijan later partially regained in 2020 in combating that lasted six weeks and killed over 6,600 individuals.
The battle ended with a Russian-brokered truce and 1000’s of residents returned to the properties that they had fled.
Both Russia and Europe have known as on the nations to watch restraint.
The Russian overseas ministry stated the newest battle “should be resolved exclusively through political and diplomatic means”.
Charles Mischel, president of the European Council, additionally urged Mr Pasyhinyan to stop additional escalation.
Source: information.sky.com”